Chelsea fans finally got to see Emerson Palmieri start in the Premier League and the Brazilian-born Italian certainly impressed in the 2-1 win at Burnley.

With Marcos Alonso banned for two more matches, including Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final clash with Southampton, Antonio Conte will have to make the decision over who will start in the left wing-back role.

Conte said on Wednesday in his pre-Burnley press conference that he was unsure whether Emerson would be able to play two matches in the space of three days.

However, Emerson got through 84 minutes at Turf Moor unscathed and it wasn’t just as average performance, as the defender showed a lot of attacking intent.

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The Blues head coach will have a big decision on his hands, so how did he do against the Clarets and is the hype around him now justified for the future?

Emerson Palmieri had an impressive first Premier League start (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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For a man that has hardly played since joining the club in January, it was always going to take Emerson a bit of time to get up to the pace of the Premier League, which showed with a late foul in the seventh minute.

But one of the highlights of his game throughout the match was the whip that he got on his crosses, and just a minute later he bent in a ball into the box, which just evaded Olivier Giroud.

Emerson would have been desperate to play and he was showing great energy as he overlapped Tiemoue Bakayoko to provide another attacking threat.

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In the early running of the game, Emerson’s defensive positioning was potentially in question, as he is no doubt still getting used to playing with Antonio Rudiger on that side, and Burnley got some space down the flanks.

However, he was constantly looking to get on the ball and in the 23rd minute he picked it up and spread the ball from the left to the right.

Antonio Conte after the win at Burnley (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

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Just like Alonso, Emerson likes to get forward and getting the ball into the box, with another decent ball into the area in the 35th minute.

He also showed a great amount of pace and he beat his man on the left and drove the ball into the middle, with Burnley managing to get it away.